Notification for Attorneys
In order to contact an inmate you must now create a Smart Communications account by visiting smartinmate.com
To register, you will select “Sign Up” on the website homepage. During the registration process there will be an option to select either “private attorney” or “public defender”. Once you make the appropriate selection, you will be redirected to a privileged application specifically for legal professionals.
Once registered, you will then submit a connection request from your Smart Communications Dashboard by selecting the facility where your client is currently housed, followed by their name.
Please Note: you must submit a picture of your driver’s license and bar card in order for your connection request to be approved. Only verified attorney telephone numbers will be added to the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail
inmate telephone system as “privileged” to ensure calls are not recorded.
Once your connection request is verified and approved, you can reach inmates directly through your Smart Communications Dashboard via electronic message to schedule a call.
For phone calls there is the option to set up a direct billed account to be billed monthly for all your telephone calls with your SWVRJA clients by calling Smart Communications at (727) 349-1561.